Machine for making cord or rope



(No Modeh) O. E. BRAINARD.

MACHINE FOR MAKING'GORD 0R ROPE.

No. 378,491. Patented Feb, 28, 1888.

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CHARLES E. BRAINARD, OF MOODUS, CONNECTICUT.

MACHINE FOR MAKING CORD CR ROPE.

QPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,491, dated February28, 1888.

Application filed April 30, 1887. Serial No. 236,678. (No model.)

ter known as Whirligig twisters, and it con-.

sists in the construction and arrangement of a collar 1n connection withthe central spindle thereof, which will be more fully describedhereinafter, and particularly pointed out inthe claim.

My device is intended, especially, for use upon the machine for whichReissued Letters Patent No. 423 were granted to \V. E. Nichols onJanuary 20,1857; and in order to properlyillustrate the same I haveshown it in connection with a part of one of said machines.

The object of my invention is to provide a collar having a series ofarms integral therewith in connection with the central spindle, and forthe purpose of retaining in place the bobbins. I attain this object bythe device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein likeletters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a Whirligigtwister, showing my improvement applied in connection therewith. Fig. 2is a detailed perspective view of my improved attachment.

A indicates the central spindle; a a, the upper and lower disks,respectively, secured thereto.

1) b b are three small spindles suitablymounted' The device consists,essentially, of a hub, C, fastened securely to the central spindle, A,by means of a set-screw, C, and is provided with three projecting armsintegrally formed therewith and projecting outwardly therefrom, whichare constructed of curved configuration in the form of asector of acircle. These arms are adapted to be revolved over the central portionof the bobbins, and should the bobbins rise from the platforms uponwhich they are situated they will hit the beveled portions of the arms 0and be forced back into position, thus allowing the machine entire to bedriven at a much higher rate of speedwithout danger of throwing thebobbins off their spindles or skewers, thereby preventing breakage andserious injury to the machine. I

By the use of my improvement the machine with which it is connected canbe run at a higher rate of speed, and while running at said speed norisk will be incurred by the bobbins flying off their spindles, due tothe centrifugal action, as the said attachment herein described willretain the bobbins in their relative position with the machine.

The novelty and utility of my device being apparent, it is unnecessaryto further enlarge upon the same herein.

Having thus described my invention, I claim The combination, with thecentral spindle of a Whirligig twister, the disks to a, the spindles b,and the platforms b, adapted to carry the bobbins, of a collar, C,having integral arms 0, of curved configuration, as set forth, wherebythe bobbins are retained in their relative positions when the machine isrunning at a high rate of speed,substantially as described.

CHARLES E. BRAINARD.

\Vitnesses:

OHAs. H. EMILY, WILLIAM J. THOMAS.

